Literature concert as part of the Altona Diversity Week:
Aromatic coffee, spherical sounds of theremin and organ and an irresistible story combine to create an extraordinary concert program with Andrew Levine (theremin), Kerstin Petersen (organ) and the author Nils Petersen.
Nils Petersen reads from Volume 2 of his fantasy series "Veljkos Café - The Secret of the Rauhnächte," published in bookstores in 2025. Music by New York-based artist Andrew Levine and concert organist Kerstin Petersen will be played. Andrew Levine plays the theremin—the only musical instrument that produces tones and sounds without touching the body.
Using the Moog Claravox in combination with a modular synthesizer, he extracts the timbre from the sound of his voice. He also employs a Landscape Stereofield and polyphonic Continuum Fingerboard. This combination of electronic registers, woven into an integral instrument, merges with the acoustic world of the organ pipes played by Kerstin Petersen. She coaxes from the historic "wind instrument" a gigantic range, from delicate, noble tones to powerful tutti sounds and noisily experimental sounds at the limits of perception.
Using newly developed playing techniques specifically for the concert program, the organ pipes' transient responses, wind noise, and electronic modules are combined. The newly composed work "Stopp" (2025) by Nikolaus Gerszewski will be premiered.
The audience encounters the protagonists of the fantasy story in a 4D soundscape full of surprising diversity: The second Crack - The fragrant sound of the coffee bean.
Warm invitation!
